-w eR R ee eeOeeeeee Terrace Standard, Monday, December: 30,1991 — Page:A3 =: ee ee i s riba Council “that it. is: not satisfied with ‘the environmental . Forest Products’: broposed pulp and paper mill’: South of Meziadin. , too many prided question about. the environmental: “and other. ‘effects Of the Proposal, adding : he felt the: project aS. being: fast-tracked;. '- Orenda expected | to-hear from the: ‘province in: May. if-its’ pro-* ject will. receive ‘approval, but a - cabinet: ‘shuffle’ delayed a deci- sion. rors a “Abreakthrough. deal between local. teachers: and the’ school board averted ‘a teachers’ strike’ at:’ the‘ last:- minute, « although " gome:teachers walked the picket © lines. for-several hours-anyway. tik ediator Vince. -Ready was able’ to: ‘push: both sides. ‘toward naiddle ‘ground. during, round- the-clock: “negotiations in'May. is eiwo:year. agrecinent ham. two: years: ‘It includes the same - Class size restrictions — a major - . issue for the union — as existed *. he Previous contract. ‘Orenda © : to land: -oilderess -for remote lodges, ing’ them’ semi-exclusive ' ‘rights in. ‘the province's ridges and possibly trail net-.: ‘works, — Local- hikers, snowmobilers, guides and outfitters told government officials. here in May that they feared being ex- cluded from areas they’ve been using for years, kak ke. City residential . ‘taxes ‘e vere” stashed 11.4: per: cent:-and in-”: dustry: Was : ‘also given. a” tax’, break’ -in the: 1991). budget: ; brought i in, by couricil in May... But because of a sharp. jump - in the. assessed ‘value of. their. homes, some ‘property : owners. will © find themselves: _ Paying more... 7 ; leahink Three | Kitamaat allege’ - natives charged. with illegaly selling fish ‘cut. a. deal with: federal prosecutors to aviod court action that could threaten ' ourism: te either alii e or Jeas-: land claim: negotiations. 2 -Legal Aid: aarti mountih: ax aboriginal ‘rights defence would” be: too risky. ; They. iristead. agretd on May 2. “19 ‘plead ‘guilty: to.a charge of ‘selling fish: ‘caught under Indian Food fish licences. Eight other charges laid: against: ‘the three were dropped: en : kK .Alcan’s - $1- billion Kemano ‘-with more hydro-electric power “received a ‘setback May 16 after -a’ federal ‘court. tuled it. must” . undergo ‘a. full _ environmental Teview.s ~ The’: Tuling ‘overturned the. ” federal government's comtrover- ‘sial decision last:fall:to exempt . the’. project “-from. the .ens ‘ vironmental ‘assessment and Teview process: . An alliance of environmental and. native ‘groups then began contemplating court action to hatt work on the project... “GROWING GREEN movement took hald in area schools, Centennial Christian Schoo! student Tim Zan- tingh: was. one those who spent three days in June becoming better informed. Re-using products Fesulted i in Tim creating a drum set out of an egg carton and other material. Sprin Meene customeral edefence lawyer.) completion project to provide it’ MAY 12 brought out more than 200 people to the new Skeena bridge as they held signs condemning abortion out to passing motorists. The group then threw 80 carnations into the Skeena River to mark ‘the 80 abortions done at Mills Memorial Hospital over the past year. Orenda Forest Products .an- nounced in June it was aban- ' doning its planned pulp mill site south of Meziadin because of government and Nishga’a op- position to the location. . The basic needs of the mill — being near a natural gas line, a B.C. Hydro line delivering suf- ficient power and the CN rail line — led to speculation that a site near Terrace was being cone. sidered. kkekkkk In its third recent denial to proposed development in Ter- race, city council split -three- three on an application. by Tribruck Investments to rezone -¢f BS muiti-residential a property “Fons ‘Kenny. St. “across, ‘from Lazelle Ave. Alderman Darryl :. Laurent was worried that this would send a bad signal to companies ‘interested in doing business in Terrace, but Alderman Rick King, who voted against the proposal, disagreed, maintain- ing. ihe message to developers was that they shouldn’t expect rezoning- approval . ‘‘without them having-to work for it." Meanwhile, rental accom- modation remained scarce in the city, with only three vacan- cies recorded. in April, down from figures recarded last Oc- tober. a, kkk kkk A city alderman broke one of the rules in council’s code of ethics and may have violated another through interest in a une company that owns. apartment buildings i in the city. At! issue was’an.interest Mo’ Takhar has in S & D properties Holdings Ltd., the registered owner of the Cedar Place apart- ments at 4931 Walsh Ave. Clause three of the code of ethics states that aldermen shall nat deal in property within the city of Terrace other. than his/her own personal residence without first “notifying. the | Omayor or'couneil, vet! “Takhar *never informed council-of:S' & D’s Cedar Place purchase. | Takhar said he was not in* conflict of interest when voting on rezoning proposals and that — fellow aldermen had also told him he would not be in conflict if he made the purchase, KK RIK Three Terraceview. Lodge workers were fired or disciplin- ed following ‘allegations of | mistreatment against seniors liv- ing there, The mistreatment “at the senior citizens’ care facility took the form of ‘troughness’®: and — “verbal abuse,’’ said Doris Mit- chell, its director of resident care, One nursing department employee was dismissed, another was laid off and a third “Alcan ‘began cutting: “back work and laying off workers from its $1 billion Kemano Completion Project. The. move follows a court ‘decision last month which ruled ° the federal government should - have first put: the. project through : an environmental review process... 2° ; ‘Alcan has already committed tlearly: $700 million-the Prdject cwhich was: speduled:t0" be finished in 1994. a kkk kK : Skeena MLA Dave Parker says he welcomes an indepih study of a planned public port _ at: Kitimat, . The project. was criticized by the" federal Department: of. Fisheries and Oceans for poten- tial.damage to fish habitat. ‘Parker ‘said the federal. department recommended the site it is now eriticizing in. the first place. 2 More next week - Year End in Review for the remainder of I99I appears in the Jan. 8, 1991 edition of The ’ Terrace Standard.